Composite structure



Patented July 2l, 1925..

uit' nlm FRANK TlSCHElt,

GE DAYTON, DHO.

A colvrrosrrn s'reuofrunn.

Application :tiled April 2G, 1923. Serial No. 634,919.

To `all 'whom t may concern:

lle it known that l, FRANK V. 'laser-inn?` a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton7 in the county of lllontgomery and State oiA Chion have invented certain new and useful improvements in Composite Structures,` oi which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates `to composite structures, and particularly to composite structures assembled from separate pieces of brous material.

It is the object of my invention to provide composite structures of great strength assembled from a plurality of independent pieces which can be economically produced from scraps and boards.

It is my especial object to provide a wheel made of pieces of wood ott great strength and rigidity. yet constructed of the cheaper pieces of wood in a .simple manner, with the least waste.

It is my obj ect to provide a disc wheel ttor automotive vehicles in which. the lines of division of the'several parts will not coin eide, and will always he at an anele to one another, and in some instances the several parts will overlap onev another. thus reinforcingl and bracing the wheeL making it rigid and durable. yet manufactured of the cheaper materials or from scrap.

Referring'` to the drawings:

Figure l is a plan view of a board, showing the method ot cutting; the sections therefrom to compose a. composite wheel with a minimum waste of material.

Figure 2 is a perspective oi? one of the sections composing; the wheel.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the complete wheel with the sections assembled.

Figure l is a section ot Figure-3 on the line 4-4.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the wheel having` overlapping; sections and of the veneer covering.

Figure 6 is a section on the line. 6-6 of Figure 5.

Referring` to the drawings in detail:

lis a board from which a plurality oit' pie-shaped segments 2 are cut. To secure these Segmente the board is so sawed diagonally alone' the lines 3 and Vtransversely along the lines l. From the drawing it will be seen that'the resulting; segments have the grain et substance of which they are com posed running parallel to one straight edge and at an angle to another straight edge. ln order to give the outer end 5 of the segment the proper curvature to ormthe periphery of the wheel, thatv end of the seg" ment is removed to an extent sufficient to" -made Jfrom scrap, thus eliminatingthe more expensive veneers which are new used in the art for making wood disc wheels.

l then take these sections or segments in which the grain runs parallel to the main axtisv thereoii in mv preferred form. and assemble these sections with their points adiacent a common center, and substantially the .same distance from such common center. 'lhese points. however, of the segments do not coincide ou the same center. as the seements are so arranged that their adiacent 'faces are never on the saine line or parallel to the adjacent faces ot any two segments. Thus these lines ot division are always at an ansle to one another. and are also off the exact center of the. wheel. thus securing' lsrreat rigidity of the structure. despite its beinemade from a plurality ot parts.

y These parts are glued to one another.

In Figure 5 it will be seen that two oi such structures are constructed to torno a single wheel. and are so arranged to one another that the solid portion vci one segment will overlap the adjoiningr edges oi two seements in the other structure. Thus the grains oi the segments ot the two structures run at an angle to one another. and no joints are superimposed upon ioints in the other structure. The outer surfaces ot the combined structures are covered with veneer designated 7.

The center about which these structures are assembled is designated 8. while the grain of each segment is designated 9;

As indicated by the dotted line l0. the center of the several structures is cut away to form a passageway for the axle of a vehicle to which the wheel is to be attached.

It will be understood `that l desire to comprehend within my invention such modifica tions as may be fairly embraced within it, and as may be -lound necessary in adapting it to various conditions in the art in the course of the application et' the invention.

Having thus fully described my invenh tion, What I claini as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. In a laminated structure for Wheels, a plurality of triangular sections having their edges adjacent to one another and their points laid about on a circle around a coinnion center, said points being spaced iroii'i one another, a second similar structure laid out about the saine center, the segments of one of the .structures overlapping the joints of the other structure, the grain of each of the sections being parallel to one straight edge and at an angle to another straight edge.

2. In a laminated structure for Wheels, a

plurality of triangular sections having their edges adjacent to one another and their points laid about on a circle around a coinnion center, said points being spaced from FRANK V. TISCI-IER. 

